“the Black Rose is now hosting an Open Mic at some of our local Colorado Springs establishments. This offers new and beginning musicians a chance to perform in front of a smaller audience than they otherwise would as a Friday opening act.

We would like to invite our members and the general public to come out and help support and encourage our local performers. Many of our Open Mics are held in the relaxed atmosphere of area brew pubs and restaurants where in addition to hearing the music, you will be able to purchase food and drink, thus helping to support local businesses as well. “

Our own Adam Gardino is performing at the Black Rose Acoustic Society on January 12th! Go support him! The show starts at 7 with two opening acts!

“the Black Rose is now hosting an Open Mic at some of our local Colorado Springs establishments. This offers new and beginning musicians a chance to perform in front of a smaller audience than they otherwise would as a Friday opening act.

We would like to invite our members and the general public to come out and help support and encourage our local performers. Many of our Open Mics are held in the relaxed atmosphere of area brew pubs and restaurants where in addition to hearing the music, you will be able to purchase food and drink, thus helping to support local businesses as well. “

Four songwriters take turns singing and playing original tunes! Starring: Eric Ellison, Jim Young, John Hooton and our very own Mike Burns. We hope this “monthly” showcase will continue to feature others from our workshop! Admission is free to anyone who says they are with one of the performers, i.e, Mike Burns. Otherwise, tickets for the venue cost $10.

This private afternoon offers time to workshop your songs and build your skills with two phenomenal and accomplished singer-songwriters, and we recommend checking out this opportunity.

This event is in an intimate space with limited seating, and reservations are required. Get your reserved seat by emailing ColoradoSandstormProductions@gmail.com.

You can also check out here for more information.

This concert features two phenomenal singer-songwriters, and we recommend checking them out.

This concert is in an intimate space with limited seating, so get your reserved seat! Email ColoradoSandstormProductions@gmail.com to save your seat.

You can also check out here for more information.

The local Stargazers Theatre is hosting an evening with Bruce Cockburn!

One of Canada’s finest artists, Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped
by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him
embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while travelling to such far-flung places as
Guatemala, Mali, Mozambique, and Nepal, and writing memorable songs about his ever-
expanding world of wonders. “My job,” he explains, “is to try and trap the spirit of things
in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out of metal.”
That scratching and pulling has earned Cockburn high praise as an exceptional
songwriter and a revered guitarist. His songs of romance, protest, and spiritual discovery
are among the best to have emerged from Canada over the last 50 years. His guitar
playing, both acoustic and electric, has placed him in the company of the world’s top
instrumentalists. And he remains deeply respected for his activism on issues from native
rights and land mines to the environment and Third World debt, working for
organizations such as Oxfam, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and
Friends of the Earth.

Throughout his career, Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith
of human experience in song. Whether singing about retreating to the country or going up
against chaos, tackling imperialist lies or embracing ecclesiastical truths, he has always
expressed a tough yet hopeful stance: to kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. “We
can’t settle for things as they are,” he once warned. “If you don’t tackle the problems,
they’re going to get worse.”

For his many achievements, the Ottawa-born artist has been honoured with 13
Juno Awards, an induction into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian
Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award,
and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada. But he never rests on his laurels.
“I’d rather think about what I’m going to do next,” says Cockburn. “My models for

graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stop
working till they drop, as I fully expect to be doing, and just getting better as musicians
and as human beings.”

His commitment to growth has made Bruce Cockburn both an exemplary citizen and a legendary artist whose prized songbook will be celebrated for many years to come.

BRUCE COCKBURN | the official website

Check out Stargazers event

Stargazers is proud to present: Writers Round! Join four artists on a storytelling journey as they take turns sharing their music.

Starring: Lewis Mock, Cindy Greene, Hassel Bryant, John Hooton

Check out more here!